General Secretary To Lam hosts Thai Prime Minister

General Secretary To Lam made that above statement while hosting a reception for Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra in Ha Noi on May 16.

To said that the Thai leader's official visit will open up a new period for bilateral cooperation that is more extensive and productive.

Viet Nam always places importance on and expects to enhance the friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Thailand, a close neighbor with long-standing ties and also a leading trade and investment partner of Viet Nam, reiterated the host.

He called on both sides to reinforce political trust by promoting Party-to-Party, State-to-State, and people-to-people collaboration and frequently organizing all-level mutual visits and meetings.

It is necessary to maintain the Joint Cabinet Retreat and existing cooperation mechanisms between the two countries, and consider upgrading cooperation mechanisms to a higher level and setting up new ones, told the Vietnamese Party chief.

Viet Nam and Thailand need to boost the connectivity between the two economies, considering this as an important pillar of bilateral cooperation, push ahead with the implementation of the "Three Connections" strategy, expand partnerships in the fields of green economy, digital economy and innovation, and encourage their investors to do business in each other's countries, he added.

To emphasized the need to boost bilateral cooperation in defense–security and crime combat while the negotiations on and signing of cooperation deals should be accelerated.

He urged the two sides not to allow any individual or organization using one country's territory to conduct activities against the other, thereby helping with the stability and development in each country, as well as peace and stability in the region and the world.

He called on both nations to keep fostering coordination at regional multilateral mechanisms and the Mekong cooperation frameworks, especially the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS), to build a united and unified ASEAN that holds the central role in the region.

Shinawatra, for her part, affirmed that she always treasures the close friendship and fruitful cooperation between the two countries and between their leaders.

She said that she will direct relevant agencies of Thailand to work closely with the Vietnamese side to carry out the major cooperation orientations agreed upon by both sides.

Thailand will actively work with Viet Nam to implement the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, particularly in the fields of economy and crime combat, she underlined./.